It can be hard to pull tights up, particularly the third or fourth
pair, so I sit on the bed to put on my tights, and if they get stuck,
I roll onto my back with my feet in the air and pull the tights
*down*.

I have recently discovered that this trick also works for putting
socks on without getting sunscreen on one's knickerbockers.

Perhaps I will learn to put socks on *before* putting on my knickers.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at centurylink dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

On 2023-04-20, Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>
> It can be hard to pull tights up, particularly the third or fourth
> pair, so I sit on the bed to put on my tights, and if they get stuck,
> I roll onto my back with my feet in the air and pull the tights
> *down*.
>
> I have recently discovered that this trick also works for putting
> socks on without getting sunscreen on one's knickerbockers.
>
> Perhaps I will learn to put socks on *before* putting on my knickers.
>

That kind of relates to the saying that "Everyone puts on his pants one leg
at a time.".

Back in my youth I *always* put on my pants two legs at a time. I'd get the
pants started, roll back on my bed and pull them up to my waist...roll back
upright to standing and finish the "install"...both legs no prob!

Never had to try it with several pair, though....

pH in Aptos

On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:54:43 -0400, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

>
>
>It can be hard to pull tights up, particularly the third or fourth
>pair, so I sit on the bed to put on my tights, and if they get stuck,
>I roll onto my back with my feet in the air and pull the tights
>*down*.
>
>I have recently discovered that this trick also works for putting
>socks on without getting sunscreen on one's knickerbockers.
>
>Perhaps I will learn to put socks on *before* putting on my knickers.

(:-) You are posting to a site that is read by many different people
in many different countries and "knickers" has a very different
meaning in, oh say, England then it does in the U.S. (:-)
--
Cheers,

John B.

On 2023-04-21, John B <slocombjb@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:54:43 -0400, Joy Beeson
><jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>It can be hard to pull tights up, particularly the third or fourth
>>pair, so I sit on the bed to put on my tights, and if they get stuck,
>>I roll onto my back with my feet in the air and pull the tights
>>*down*.
>>
>>I have recently discovered that this trick also works for putting
>>socks on without getting sunscreen on one's knickerbockers.
>>
>>Perhaps I will learn to put socks on *before* putting on my knickers.
>
>
>
> (:-) You are posting to a site that is read by many different people
> in many different countries and "knickers" has a very different
> meaning in, oh say, England then it does in the U.S. (:-)

Don't keep us in suspense, John. Can it be delicately conveyed here on
Usenet?

pH

John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:54:43 -0400, Joy Beeson
> <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>It can be hard to pull tights up, particularly the third or fourth
>>pair, so I sit on the bed to put on my tights, and if they get stuck,
>>I roll onto my back with my feet in the air and pull the tights
>>*down*.
>>
>>I have recently discovered that this trick also works for putting
>>socks on without getting sunscreen on one's knickerbockers.
>>
>>Perhaps I will learn to put socks on *before* putting on my knickers.
>
>
>
> (:-) You are posting to a site that is read by many different people
> in many different countries and "knickers" has a very different
> meaning in, oh say, England then it does in the U.S. (:-)

"pants" are no better.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:01:03 -0000 (UTC), pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org>
wrote:

> Don't keep us in suspense, John. Can it be delicately conveyed here on
> Usenet?

On the other side of the pond, "knickers" are women's underwear.

Which is why I said "knickerbockers" the first time 'round.

I mostly hang out on sewing groups where folks are mostly accustomed
to differng garment names.

Which reminds me that I've been meaning to ask on the English-usage
group, "If 'pudding' is dessert and 'custard' is pudding, what is
custard called?"

But I can no longer post there because an hour has been taken out of
my Usenet time, and A.E.U. is a *very* busy group. (Or is that
A.U.E.? I can never keep those two straight.)

Posted in haste without proofing or cooling.

--
Joy Beeson, U.S.A., mostly central Hoosier,
some Northern Indiana, Upstate New York, Florida, and Hawaii
joy beeson at centurylink dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/
The above message is a Usenet post.

On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:22:27 -0400, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:01:03 -0000 (UTC), pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org>
>wrote:
>
>> Don't keep us in suspense, John. Can it be delicately conveyed here on
>> Usenet?
>
>
>On the other side of the pond, "knickers" are women's underwear.
>
>Which is why I said "knickerbockers" the first time 'round.
>
>I mostly hang out on sewing groups where folks are mostly accustomed
>to differng garment names.
>
>Which reminds me that I've been meaning to ask on the English-usage
>group, "If 'pudding' is dessert and 'custard' is pudding, what is
>custard called?"
>
Come now. You knew the answer to that (:-) A custard is made,
basically, with eggs, although milk might be added, while a pudding is
made, basically, with milk, although eggs may be added.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square
baking dish. In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar, boiling
water, vanilla, and butter. Pour into prepared baking dish. In a clean
bowl, mix together white sugar, flour, milk, baking powder, nuts, and
raisins. Drop by spoonfuls on top of the mixture in the baking dish.
--
cheers,

John B.

John B. <jbslocomb@fictitious.site> writes:

> On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:22:27 -0400, Joy Beeson
> <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 21 Apr 2023 18:01:03 -0000 (UTC), pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org>
>>wrote:
>>
>>> Don't keep us in suspense, John. Can it be delicately conveyed here on
>>> Usenet?
>>
>>
>>On the other side of the pond, "knickers" are women's underwear.
>>
>>Which is why I said "knickerbockers" the first time 'round.
>>
>>I mostly hang out on sewing groups where folks are mostly accustomed
>>to differng garment names.
>>
>>Which reminds me that I've been meaning to ask on the English-usage
>>group, "If 'pudding' is dessert and 'custard' is pudding, what is
>>custard called?"
>>
> Come now. You knew the answer to that (:-) A custard is made,
> basically, with eggs, although milk might be added, while a pudding is
> made, basically, with milk, although eggs may be added.

That thing made, basically, with milk is, I think, in the UK called
"blancmange".

> Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9 inch square
> baking dish. In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar, boiling
> water, vanilla, and butter. Pour into prepared baking dish. In a clean
> bowl, mix together white sugar, flour, milk, baking powder, nuts, and
> raisins. Drop by spoonfuls on top of the mixture in the baking dish.
> --
> cheers,
>
> John B.
>

--

On Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:22:27 -0400, Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:

>But I can no longer post there because an hour has been taken out of
>my Usenet time, and A.E.U. is a *very* busy group. (Or is that
>A.U.E.? I can never keep those two straight.)

Do you mean American Sewing Guild (ASG)?
<https://www.asg.org>
which has some local chapters on Facebook?
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/search/groups_home?q=american+sewing+guild>

--
Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
PO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:20:49 -0400, Radey Shouman
<shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

> That thing made, basically, with milk is, I think, in the UK called
> "blancmange".

That was what we called the pudding made in seventh-grade cooking
class. Pudding stripped to essentials, to teach basic skills.

I don't remember much about the class except that one of the girls
thought that "cream the butter and sugar together" meant dump the milk
in. Since it was a very small school, class met in the same kitchen
used to prepare our lunches.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at centurylink dot net
http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/

Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> writes:

> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:20:49 -0400, Radey Shouman
> <shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> That thing made, basically, with milk is, I think, in the UK called
>> "blancmange".
>
> That was what we called the pudding made in seventh-grade cooking
> class. Pudding stripped to essentials, to teach basic skills.
>
> I don't remember much about the class except that one of the girls
> thought that "cream the butter and sugar together" meant dump the milk
> in. Since it was a very small school, class met in the same kitchen
> used to prepare our lunches.

I mostly just know the Monty Python version of blancmange, although I
did know what creaming butter and sugar meant before seventh grade.

On 2023-04-25, Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 18:20:49 -0400, Radey Shouman
><shouman@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> That thing made, basically, with milk is, I think, in the UK called
>> "blancmange".
>
> That was what we called the pudding made in seventh-grade cooking
> class. Pudding stripped to essentials, to teach basic skills.
>
> I don't remember much about the class except that one of the girls
> thought that "cream the butter and sugar together" meant dump the milk
> in. Since it was a very small school, class met in the same kitchen
> used to prepare our lunches.
>
>

I do remember we still had "Home Ec" in Junior High school when I was a kid.
It seemed to disappear shortley thereafter. This would have been in the
70's.

Sure would be good to still have it around to, I dunno, cook a decent meal
from scratch, sew on a button, maybe some needlepoint, balance the
checkbook, etctera. Things everyone might like to know.

Bicycle content: I often rode my bike to my Jr. High about 4 miles away
since I got tired of the forever bus ride on the way back followed by a 1/2
mile walk from the bus stop anyway...why not ride directly home?

pH